the Furies
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“Hitler’s Germany unleashed the Furies of war,” Weirich observed after the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Like the Furies and the Fates of Greek mythology, the subjects of Samantha Leach’s “The Elissas” are troubled and troubling young women enacting a drama that feels both ancient and inevitable.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
In Greek mythology the Furies are deities charged with enacting vengeance upon men.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2021
Pointedly, Philippe begins the film with a shot of the Temple of Apollo ruins at Delphi and a dramatization of the Furies, played by a trio of actresses with a few creepy Giger-esque visual enhancements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2019
From the Furies of frightful aspect they became the Benignant Ones, the Eumenides, protectors of the suppliant.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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